Focal Adhesion Motility Revealed in Stationary Fibroblasts
Focal adhesions (FAs) are clustered integrins and associated proteins that mediate cell adhesion and signaling. A green fluorescent protein-β1 integrin chimera was used to label FAs in living cells. In stationary cells, FAs were highly motile, moving linearly for several plaque lengths toward the ce...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1999-11, Vol.286 (5442), p.1172-1174 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Focal adhesions (FAs) are clustered integrins and associated proteins that mediate cell adhesion and signaling. A green fluorescent protein-β1 integrin chimera was used to label FAs in living cells. In stationary cells, FAs were highly motile, moving linearly for several plaque lengths toward the cell center. FA motility was independent of cell density and resulted from contraction of associated actin fibers. In migrating cells, FAs were stationary and only moved in the tail. FA motility in stationary cells suggests that cell movement may be regulated by a clutch-like mechanism by which the affinity of integrins to substrate may be altered in response to migratory cues. |
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ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.286.5442.1172 |